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Matrix Audio

Matrix mini-i Pro 3 / mini-i 3 Wireless Bluetooth DAC/Amp

Name: Matrix mini-i Pro 3 / mini-i 3 Wireless Bluetooth DAC/Amp
Brand: Matrix Audio
Price: 855.00 USD
Availability: InStock

$855

Many DAC/amps have to be evaluated with a don’t-judge-a-book-by-its-cover approach. If you can get past their rudimentary, boxy enclosures, you can appreciate the brilliant technology within. That couldn’t be further from the truth when it comes to Matrix Audio. Since its founding in the mid-aughts, Matrix has released a dozen products of increasing subtlety and elegance.

The Matrix Mini-i 3/Pro 3 is an all-in-one DAC/Amp that features MQA, Roon Readiness, and a beautiful full-color display. It’s no simple feat to collect so many bells and whistles in an aesthetically stunning chassis, but Matrix has done it. This is a prestige product that’ll elevate your music listening and the aesthetics of whatever room you display it in.

The Grand Central Station of receivers

You’re a diehard vinylhead today, but who says you won’t fall in love with streaming tomorrow? Tastes change, which means you need a receiver that can handle any listening situation. With more ins and outs than Grand Central Station, the Matrix Mini-3/Pro 3 can handle almost any listening situation. Vinyl through headphones? Check. Game console through speakers? Check. XLR, coaxial, optical, USB, RCA, IIS LVDS, 6.35 SE, and 4.4 balanced headphone jacks? (Wowza.) Check.

Roon Ready

The Matrix Mini-i 3/Pro 3 is Roon Ready as of January 2021. Roon is a streaming and music management software that connects all the dots of your music system. It takes control of your streaming services, music files, and internet radio, and sends them to the audio outputs in your home.

Wired(less) For Sound

Why does listening to high-res audio require immobilizing our phones, laptops, and tablets with cables? Shouldn’t our mobiles be mobile? With dual-band WiFi (2.4GHz/5GHz)* and high-res Bluetooth connectivity (24bit/96kHz), the Mini-i 3/Pro 3 will set your mobiles free.

*Mini-i 3 does not support WiFi connection.

Full-color display

With a 3.3”, 24-bit color LCD display, the Mini-i 3/Pro 3 depicts your library in all its glory. It also displays input channels, streaming methods, device configurations, and digital filter curves. Your music has never looked better.

MQA-ready*

Would you die a little if we told you that MP3 files deliver just 10% of original studio recordings? That’s one-tenth of the nuance, depth, and richness that the artist intended for you to hear. MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) files, on the other hand, deliver the full, uncompressed sound of the original master recordings in all their richness. The Mini-i Pro 3 is an MQA full decoder, enabling you to play MQA files and streams without any software decoding.

*Mini-i 3 does not support MQA files.

Specs

Hardware platform

CPU NXP: i.MX 6UL Cortex-A7 @528MHz
D/A Chip: ES9038Q2M

Digital input

COAXIAL & OPTICAL: PCM 16-24Bit /44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz, 192kHz, DSD 2.8MHz (DoP)
IIS LVDS

PCM 16-32Bit /44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz, 192kHz, 352.8kHz, 384kHz, 705.6kHz, 768kHz
DSD 2.8MHz, 5.6MHz, 11.2MHz (DoP)
DSD 2.8MHz, 5.6MHz, 11.2MHz, 22.4MHz, 45MHz (Native)

USB Audio

Type C double-sided support
PCM 16-24Bit /44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz, 192kHz, 352.8kHz, 384kHz, 705.6kHz, 768kHz
MQA 16-24Bit /44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz, 192kHz, 352.8kHz, 384kHz MQA or MQA Studio stream (Mini i-3 Pro only)
DSD 2.8MHz, 5.6MHz, 11.2MHz (DoP)
DSD 2.8MHz, 5.6MHz, 11.2MHz, 22.4MHz (Native)

Analog input

SNR: >-102dB A-weighting
THD+N: <0.0025%@1k, <0.0030%@20Hz-20kHz
Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz ±0.2 -3dB@46kHz
Channel Crosstalk: >-97dB
Input Amplitude: 2.0VRMS Maximum

Line output

SNR: >-123dB A-weighting
THD+N: <0.00027%@1k, <0.00031%@20Hz-20kHz
Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz ±0.1 -3dB@90kHz
Channel Crosstalk: >-138dB
Output Amplitude: 4.1VRMS@0dB

SNR: >-121dB A-weighting
THD+N: <0.00045%@1k, <0.00051%@20Hz-20kHz
Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz ±0.1 -3dB@90kHz
Channel Crosstalk: >-128dB
Output Amplitude: 2.0VRMS@0dB

Headphone output

TRS 6.35mm SE

SNR: >-116dB
THD+N: <0.0006%@2VRMS
Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz ±0.1 -3dB@64kHz
Output Impedance: <11Ω
Output Power: 1270mW@33Ω, 257mW@300Ω, 133mW@600Ω, 1%THD
Gain: +18dB

4.4mm Balanced

SNR: >-117dB@4VRMS
THD+N: <0.0006%@4VRMS
Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz ±0.1 -3dB@64kHz
Output Impedance: <22Ω
Output Power: 1900mW@33Ω, 950mW@300Ω, 510mW@600Ω, 1%THD
Gain: +24dB

Hi-Res bluetooth

Sampling Rate: PCM 16Bit/44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz, aptX/aptx HD/AAC/SBC/LDAC
Bluetooth Version: Bluetooth V5.0
Operation Distance: 10-15m

Network

LAN: 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX
WLAN: 2.4GHz/5GHz, IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac Standard (Mini-i 3 Pro only)

MA player lite

*Roon Ready: PCM 16-24Bit 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz, 192kHz, 352.8kHz, 384kHz, 705.6kHz, 768kHz

DSD 2.8MHz, 5.6MHz, 11.2MHz

AirPlay 2: PCM 16Bit 44.1kHz

Power

Power Voltage: 230V position is fit for AC 220V-240V 50/60Hz, 115V position is fit for AC 100V-120V 50/60Hz
Standby Power Consumption: < 2W
Maximum Power Consumption: < 20W